Celebrating their fiftieth birthday at Stone Sailing Club on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex on 17th to 19th September was always likely to attract a good entry and the Class Association was delighted with the final entry of 76 boats.
The class had been delighted that Moira Nash, the daughter of designer Brian Taylor and her family were attending the event. Also representing the family of Paul Wright the co-designer of the boat back in 1971 she had presented the class with a new trophy on behalf of the designers wives to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the class. The trophy was to be the awarded to the best placed helm who had completed all races and this was fittingly won by Dean Sexton of local club Maylandsea Bay. He was coincidently sailing a classic wooden boat and it seems likely that the designers would have approved of this. He also collected the trophy for first classic Phantom as a consequence.
At the Saturday night AGM Class Secretary John Wayling announced the future venues for the next five years - with the next venue for 2022 being a particular class favourite - Lyme Regis Sailing Club in glorious Dorset.
Trophy Winners:
1280 Ian Stone (Maidenhead Sailing Club) - under 30 trophy
1233 Ben Harden (Burnham Sailing Club) - 30-40 age category
1456 Andy Couch (Blithfield Sailing Club) - Two score trophy
1312 Lawrence Crispin (Stone Sailing Club) - Half Ton Cup
1334 Bob Portway - Three score trophy
1461 Graham Dale-Jones - Over 70 trophy
949 Dean Saxton (Maylandsea Bay Sailing Club) - Classics and Designers wives trophy
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